The Sacred Scripture Analysis-Comment-Meditation

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1 Rev. Dolindo Ruotolo The Sacred Scripture Analysis-Comment-Meditation The Gospel According to Luke Vol. XX/c Translated by Giovanna I. Ellis

2 From: Ristampa in lingua Italiana Apostolato Stampa, Casa Mariana Editrice Vol. XX/c Napoli Italia Imprimatur +Vittorio Maria Costantini S. Theologiae Magister, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca December 8, 1978 Edited by Philip B. Ellis Reviewed by Clarke N. Ellis The Chapters of the Gospel are taken from: The New American Bible (Internet USCCB-(NAB))

3 Don Dolindo Ruotolo The Order of the Franciscan of the Immaculate is promoting the Cause of Beatification of the holy Priest, Rev. Dolindo Ruotolo. Rev. Dolindo Ruotolo (Don Dolindo) wrote in his native language, Italian, books of high theology, highly inspired, that are now in the Franciscan Center in Frigento, Avellino/Italy in the Library dedicated to him. The nuns of the Order of the Franciscan of the Immaculate are now in charge of the publication and distribution of the books. In particular, Rev. Ruotolo wrote in 33 volumes the analysis, comment and meditation of the whole Bible highly acclaimed by Cardinals and Bishops. Only a few books have been translated into English. Books Translated in English by Giovanna Ellis are: *Teaching the Catholic Doctrine/ Original title: La Dottrina Cattolica * Meditation on the Holy Rosary/ Original title: Meditazione al Santo Rosario. *Who dies shall see, Purgatory and Heaven/ Original title: Chi morrà vedrà: Purgatorio e Paradiso. * Commentary to the Gospel of San Luke/Book 1 Chapters 1-10 Additions: *Sanctum Domino /Sacro al Signore. One of the letters from the First Book, Letters to Priests *Jesus You take over /Original title: Gesù pensaci Tu A prayer. Translated in English by Franciscans Priests * The Holy Spirit/ Lo Spirito Santo.

4 Saint Luke Chapters 1-10 Table of Contents Jesus You take over (Don Dolindo s Prayer) Sanctum Domini Sacred to the Lord (One of the Letters to Priest, Book 1) Gospel according to Luke Introduction The Kingdom of Christ - The Gospel of Mercy - To whom the book is dedicated. When it was written. - The Gospel of Mary. Chapter 1 The Prologue. - May our life be a living Gospel. - Gabriel announces the miraculous conception of John the Baptist. - Zechariah becomes mute. - In an unbeliever the spirit becomes dumb and prayer is silenced. -- Elizabeth becomes pregnant. - How to fight spiritual sterility. - The annunciation of the Angel to Mary. Humility. - The holy young Virgin of Nazareth. - Saint Joseph. - The prayer of Mary - And behold an Angel of appeared. - Faith and reason. - Mary believed: Here is the handmaid of the Lord - And the Word became Flesh. - The Heart of Mary, tabernacle of the Everlasting. - Mary meets with St. Elizabeth. - The greeting of Mary. - The greeting of St. Elizabeth. - The sublime canticle of Mary. - The Flower of the Old Covenant The Magnificat. - The Jewish people. - Mary announces the Savior. - The fertile Gem of the New Covenant - Synthesis and Program of the Church. - The Church wants to save, must save. - An example from history. - The canticle of the loving soul. - The Magnificat of humility. - A shining picture of the life of the Redeemer and of Mary. - A perpetual voice in the Kingdom of God. - Dazzling light in the darkness of exile. - The birth of John the Baptist. - His name is John. - The canticle of Zechariah. - John the Baptist withdraws in the desert. Chapter 2 The solemn and peaceful moment of the birth of Jesus. - The Birth of Jesus. - The announcement to the shepherds and their visit. - An Angel appeared to the shepherds. The shepherds adore Jesus. - The way God operates. - The circumcision. - The Presentation in the Temple. - The holy old Simeon. - Exultation of Anna, a holy woman of the Temple. - The infancy of Jesus, The losing Jesus and his hidden life. - Jesus lost and then found in the Temple. - For our spiritual life. Chapter 3 The political status of Palestine at the time of John the Baptist. - The preaching of St. John the Baptist. - The insignificance of human greatness. The true greatness that is

5 humility. - John bears witness to Jesus. - The witness of the Father and the Holy Spirit. - Genealogy of Jesus and the ascending genealogy of the soul. Chapter 4 The mystery of the temptations of Jesus in the desert. - The fasting of Jesus. - The first temptation. - Man does not lives of bread alone. - but of every word of God. - The second and third temptations of Satan. - The diabolical psychology of temptation. The human ambition. - The diabolical psychology of temptation. - The human ambition. - Satan and the powerful of the world. - Ambition also tempts in spiritual matters - Jesus preaching in Galilee. - The ungrateful people of Nazareth. - This is the way men are! - Jesus at Capernaum. - The possessed. - The mother in law of St. Peter. - Some people drive Jesus away and some welcome Him. Chapter 5 The boat of Peter and the teaching of the Church. - The miraculous catch. - After the night of apostasy, the boat of Peter will be full of a miraculous catch. - The healing of the leper. - The leprosy of sin. - Two boats were at sea. - Jesus withdraws to solitary places to pray. - Jesus praying: the eternal lamp before the Father. - The Eucharist, the great school of our prayer. - The healing of the paralytic and the remission of sins. - The forgiveness of sins. - Jesus forgives sins, therefore He is God. - The joy of feeling free from sin. - The vocation of Levi, the issue of fasting and the prudent consideration of the ways of the spirit. - The Pharisee are scandalized. - The answer of Jesus to the Pharisees. - For those who guide the direction of souls - In the ways of the Lord, the holy newness. Chapter 6 The ears of wheat and the Sabbath. - The withered hand. - Election of the Apostles. - The Beatitudes and the woes. - Love for one s enemies. - Warning to the Pharisees and Christian charity. - Divine dominion over times and mankind. - Jesus heals the man with a withered hand. The persecutors of the Church. - The election of the Apostles and the profile of the Church through the centuries. - The election of Judas Iscariot. - The elected Apostles. - For the Apostles and for those who spread the kingdom of God. - The kingdom of God can only be established in charity. Chapter 7 The servant of the centurion. - The faith of the centurion, model of our faith. - The widow of Naim s son. - The young who are dead to grace - The disciples of St. John the Baptist go to Jesus to ask questions on behalf of their teacher. - Jesus praises John the Baptist. - The never- satisfied. - The irritable. - The repentant sinner at the foot of Jesus. - We the sinners and the mercy of God. Chapter 8 The woman collaborator of the Kingdom of God. - Psychology of the woman. - The woman in the apostolate. - The Pious Women followers of Jesus. - The woman and her mission in the Church. - The Divine Sower. - The Word of God, seed of life. - The

6 journey of the Word of God in the centuries. - The reason of the parables. - The mother of Jesus and his relatives. - Mary became Mother of God because she welcomed the Divine Word. - The storm on the lake. - The Church and the good souls in the storms. - The value of the contradictions. - The victory belongs to God. - The possessed man of Gerasenes and the loathsome legions who move among souls dead to grace. - The diabolic obsession. - The daughter of Jairus and the woman who had an issue of blood. - The mystery of immolation and providence. Chapter 9 Mission of the Apostles. - Herod the Tetrarch and Jesus. - First multiplication of the loaves.- Confession of St. Peter. Christian abnegation. - The Transfiguration. -Healing of a possessed epileptic. - Prediction of the Passion. - The true greatness. -Jesus refused by the Samaritans. - Requirements to follow Jesus. - Mission of the Apostles and those of the Priests - A simple life, without excessive comforts -Poverty, simplicity and trust in God. - Tell everything to Jesus, visiting Him in the Sacrament - The first multiplication of loaves. The living Bread from Heaven. - You are the Christ of God: The solemn confession of St. Peter. - Why Jesus prohibits the Apostles to reveal his divine identity. - Let us not grumble at God - To us God asks: and you, who do you say that I am. Ask me again, my God: And you, who do you say that I am? - The way that leads to God: Christian self-denial. - Jesus says: Who wants to save his life, will lose it. - Against human respect. - The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. - Transfiguring ourselves in Christ Jesus! - The healing of the possessed epileptic. - Our generation, faithless, perverse and spiritually epileptic. - Announcement of the Passion. - The least among you is the greatest. - The apostolate is not a monopoly! Jesus travels toward Jerusalem - The Samaritans refuse to offer Jesus hospitality. - Jesus does not want to force us to come to Him. - The religious vocation. Chapter 10 The mission of the 72 disciples. Parable of the Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary. - Jesus instructs the seventy-two disciples. - As sheep among wolves. - For the missionaries, poverty, simplicity, trust in Providence - Pilgrims of God in the apostolate - How to behave with those who reject the Word of Truth. - The disciples return from their mission. - Jesus rejoices because the Lord reveals himself to little ones. - The ideologies of the world. - To love God and one s neighbor: the great way of salvation and peace. - The parable of the Samaritan. - Porro unum est necessarium. Only one thing is necessary! - The true values of life. Chapters of the Commentary to the Gospel of San Luke shall be found in next book now in preparation.